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Mystery | Devil's in the Details

News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published April 6, 2021

Mystery |  Devil's in the Details

Police in Hertfordshire, England, received about 100 complaints over a three-day period from people parked at a Tesco store in Royston who reported their car alarms inexplicably went off, and they couldn't use their key fobs to lock or unlock their vehicles.

Communications watchdog company Ofcom told the BBC in March 1 its investigators checked the area for signs of interference, but found nothing.

No cars have been reported stolen, and police said they were not treating the incidents as malicious. [BBC, 3/1/2021]

Amazon released a new icon for its shopping app in January with what was supposed to look like a jagged piece of tape on a package above Amazon's smiling arrow logo but instead reminded some viewers of Adolf Hitler's mustache, CBS News reported.

After Twitter users commented on the resemblance, Amazon tweaked the art and rolled out a more squared-off version in late February. [CBS News, 3/3/2021]